Charge-holder for fire-arms



(Model.)

W. T. HALL.

Charge Holder for Fire Arms. No. 243,250. Patented .lune 2l, |881.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM T. HALL, OF FAYETTEVILLE, INDIANA.

.CHARGE-HOLDER FOR FIRE-ARMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,250, dated June 21,1881.

Application filed February 24,1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be vit known that I, WILLIAM T. HALL, ofFayetteville, in the county of Lawrence and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and Improved Implement for Loading Fire-Arms, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my improvement is to provide a device for usein loadingshot-guns and rides which can be more conveniently used than an ordinarypowder-Hash and shot-pouch, and by which the arm can be rapidly loaded.

My invention consists in a shell or tube of a suitable size for holdinga single charge and wad, and fitted with a finger-slide for pressing outthe wad, so that the charge can be poured into the gun.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the implementas made for use with Shotguns. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, andFig. 3 a transverse section, of the same. Fig. et is a plan view, partlybroken open, of the implement as made for use with rifles.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the implement, consisting of a tube having its aperture enlarged ateach end to form rabbets a a, as shown in Fig. 2, and formed near eachend with a longitudinal aperture, b b, in which slides c c are fitted.VThe aperture of the shell or tube is, at its enlarged ends, of adiameter corresponding to the caliber of the arm with which it is used,and the tube should hold when lled one charge of powder. At about itsmid-length is a fixed partition, d, that may be a wad fitted tightly, bywhich the aperture is divided into powder and shot spaces. The slides care placed at opposite sides, so as to obtain more room for theiroperation, and are held in place by the V form of their sides, as shownin Fig. 3. When projected outward the forward ends of these slidesextend to the ends of the tube.

The ride-loader shown in Fig. 4 is necessarily of smaller size, and hasan enlargement of its aperture at one end only-the end that is toreceive the powder-and at that end is fitted with a slide, @,as beforedescribed. The other end is of a size for receiving the ball, which willbe left projecting, s0 as to be easily placed 5o over themuzzle-aperture of the gun.

The implement for shot-gunsis prepared by filling one end with thecharge of powder and placing over the powder a wad, as shown at t',which will be held in place against the rabbet c by friction. The shotare then put into the other end and covered by a wad in the same manner.

To load the gun, the Operator holds the implement in his right hand,powder end out- 6o ward, moves the slide c out with his fo'refinger orthumb, and the wad is thus pushed out far enough to be removed with thefingers of the left hand. The powder is then poured in the gun and thewad placedoverit, after which the implement is reversed and operated forremoval of the shot in the same manner.

To prepare the rifle-loader, the patched ball is put in at the endfitted with slide c, and then pushed with a loading-stick to the otherend 7o of the tube. The powder is then putin and covered with a wad.

To load the ritle, the wad is tirst pushed out with the slide, thepowder poured into the barrel, then with a stick or ranimer is pushedout of the shell. quired in the ritle-loader.

These implements are handy and saving and economical. They may beprepared at leisure, and kept ready for use when required.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- An implement for loading lire-arms, consistingof the tube A,having its aperture enlarged 85 at each end to formrabbets a a, and the longitudinal apertures b b, and the slides c c,arranged on opposite sides, as shown and described.

No partition is re- WILLIAM TEMPLE HALL.

Witnesses: I

LEWIS D. KoRN, J oHN W. AcooM.

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